| 单词 |
roister-doister |
| 释义 |
† ˈroister-ˈdoister Obs.
Also 6–7 royster doyster.
[The name of the chief character in Udall's play, based upon roister n.1]
A roisterer or roistering fellow.
a1553Udall (title), Ralph Royster Doyster. 1592G. Harvey Four Lett. iii. Wks. (Grosart) I. 214, [I] haue seene the madbraynest Roister-doister in a countrey dashte out of countenaunce. 1593― Pierce's Super. 71 Vnlesse he wrote onely to roister-doisters and hacksters. 16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. i. ii. 276 Then royster doyster in his oylie tearmes, Cutts, thrusts, and foines at whomesoeuer he meets.
Hence † ˈroister-ˈdoisterdom; † ˈroister-ˈdoistering a.; † ˈroister-ˈdoisterly a. Obs.
1592Nashe Four Lett. Confut. Wks. (Grosart) II. 274 Thy roister-doisterdome hath not dasht vs out of countenance. 1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 131 If the world should applaude to such roisterdoisterly Vanity,..what good could grow out of it? Ibid. 221 They that..deuide their roister-doistering Iestes into Cuttes, slashes, and foines. |
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